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It’s The EDM Of The World As We Know It
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— 27 Jun 2012 Tom 11 comments

It is time for me to get back in touch with The Kids, by listening to the UK Top 40 and putting it in order of how much I like it as I go. Best to worst. (more…)[…]

Bjorn Free
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— 28 May 2012 Tom 8 comments

I’m going to try and get new Popular entries up too, but there will be a LOT of writing about pop by me this week on the One Week One Band blog, which I’m taking over for a second time – this time to talk about ABBA. Rather than pic[…]

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SAINT ETIENNE – “Popular”
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— 21 May 2012 Tom 155 comments

Saint Etienne – Popular

Huge weepy thanks to Bob, Pete and Sarah for immortalising us in song. And thanks to commenters past and present for making it worth immortalising.[…]

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I WAS A GOBLIN: In Which I Was Actually A Goblin
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— 16 May 2012 Tom 11 comments

I was suspicious of Live Action Role Playing for a long time. I had three excellent reasons: it couldn’t possibly work, it verged dangerously close to SPORTS, and most of all White Dwarf strongly hinted it was a stupid idea. At the time I took […]

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1993: The Love Post
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— 3 May 2012 Tom 33 comments

There’s been some discussion on the latest Popular post about 1993 being a particular musical doldrum. I was 20 at the time – so enormously biased of course – but I don’t remember it like that, so I’m republishing an old[…]

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It’s The New Thing!
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— 2 May 2012 Tom 4 comments

It struck me this morning that it has been a while since I saw an article comparing social media to punk rock. This is a shame. For a time articles comparing social media to punk rock were one of the great growth areas in our dynamic knowledge econom[…]

Split And Polish
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— 29 Apr 2012 Tom 6 comments

So what was that poll all about then? (This poll, the one I linked on Twitter and Tumblr – a basic tick-the-box job on the best-selling music acts of last year)
Well, the truth is it was trying something out for my day job. I wanted to try out […]

What Was I Thinking? (Part 3)
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— 9 Dec 2011 Tom 2 comments

It’s the end – but the moment has been prepared for! The last fifteen Poptimist columns with notes, because I can. Includes my favourite one. (more…)[…]

What Was I Thinking? (Part 2)
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— 9 Dec 2011 Tom 2 comments

Continuing the narcissistic behind-the-scenes chronicle of a monthly column on a popular music website! It’s Poptimist 16-30! (more…)[…]

What Was I Thinking? (Part 1)
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— 9 Dec 2011 Tom Comment

Today’s Poptimist column – up now at Pitchfork – is the last one: a decision entirely taken by me, quite a while ago. Being able to give up a paying gig is an outrageous privilege, but so was the whole column – I filed copy on[…]

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